Forum: Theory & Mechanics Discussion

there are alot of devesate vs. revenge threads upp atm and useing slow vs fast weps now aswell but isn't devesate hit by thenormalization like...

Hey all - I am a DW frost tank and our MT is a blood tank. Our gear is roughly eqivalent with mine being slightly more threat leaning (more exp +...

I was once told "there’s no such thing as a stupid question". Having said that here’s my question. After applying 5 stacks devastate does it still...

Howdy, With the recent changes in patch 3.3.2 and 3.3 in general. I've been rethinking many talents that I usually just take without question. ...

Hi guys, Does anyone know whether the bonus 60% armor applies ONLY to items which are "cloth, leather, mail, plate"? I.e., does it increase...

While playing on my rogue, I had a warrior tank in heroics running with http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#LZhgc0bVZMItMx0didIzsGo:fMA as his spec (with...

I am attempting to do a few things with this post: I want to cover what an AP Debuff is How it differs from a Slow Debuff Provide developer...

Any testing done on the specifics on the changes? I hate the "Don't worry, it won't matter for highly geared tanks", my faith in the definition of...

Is the 2 points spend in imp Revenge worth it? Or could we put those two point elsewhere and just use devatate instead? The current bread and...

So, to make a somewhat long story short: events last evening led me to do some testing on Mocking Blow. Along with many Warriors, I hadn't given it...

Hi, im pretty new to this board, but i thought i'd pick your brains on this matter :) Well, now that Devastate scale even better than before, I...

Did they break KM after ppm hotfix? The story is I dropped one point in KM from 5 to 4 around time they hotfix KM. Before hotfix With 5 points...

First off, <3 Tankspot and all you contributors. I've been running a 5/15/51 fairly typical build, but the recent changes have gotten me thinking...

Hi all, Lets say I have enough armor for 60% DR from armor. Lets also say I have 630 defense. I pop IBF, which is (as of hotfix) 30% DR + .15%...

Last night I tried tanking H HoR for the first time (run it a stack of times as DPS on my DK and another toon). I've been working on my tanking...

Since armor is taking over in icc, would anyone recommend agi/stam gems in sockets (as there are no flat out armor gems)? As opposed to a dodge/stam...

I was just curious as to which tanking class has the highest amount of damage reduction from talents/glyphs/what-have-you. I figured druids would...

This is a teaser to the full version of "advanced healer/tank evaluation". Since it would take very long to write the full version, and not all the...

Until recently I'd always made sure I had the 8% melee hit cap, more to ensure Taunts don't miss than for threat. However, recently other tanks have...

So new patch means paladins need expertise all of a sudden? Paying attention to me msbt tonight I saw several of my SotR being parried...is this a...

My guild has been going through some turmoil so we have had issues with 25m recently and as such broke out into 10 mans last night. I was happy to...

Hey, first post. Does anyone know where I can go to find the attack speed of bosses in Icecrown? I'd like to figure how many attacks we're...

In response to the new ... 'change' to Shield Slam, I've started to look at how the new formula will work out. The old one isBase +...

So last night was my ICC 10 group's first real attempt at Blood Queen Lana'thel; I am the blood mirror soaker for the fight. We had a successful...

So the title says it all. I'm debating the idea of dumping those two abilities to pick up Imp Demo for upcoming hard modes in ICC and was wondering...

So forgive me if this was answered elsewhere (I searched through all 10 pages of the excellent Satorri DK Guide and couldn't find it), but I had a...

With the changes to the Glyph of Icy Touch recently it has me considering it as a filler glyph for extra threat generation. I have Frost Fever up...

Hey all, I've been having a discussion with one of my friends over the validity of macroing RS instead of using it manually. Since the priority for...

I have a Question for all the warriors out there... Or especially those (if any) that have tried to deal with kiting the adds on Rotface. I'm a...